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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 10685757, member: 8267&quot;]Your figures are not African, but more likely from Indonesia. There are similarities with ancestor figures (more commonly wood carvings) made by the Batak people of Sumatra. The first photo [USER=301]@komokwa[/USER] posted is identified as being from the Torajan people of the island of Sulawesi (also Indonesia)-</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.catawiki.com/en/c/1289-southeast-asian-oceanic-american-art" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.catawiki.com/en/c/1289-southeast-asian-oceanic-american-art" rel="nofollow">https://www.catawiki.com/en/c/1289-southeast-asian-oceanic-american-art</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The posture of the figure on top of yours, squatting with knees drawn up, frequently occurs in Batak representations of protective beings -</p><p>[ATTACH=full]533725[/ATTACH] </p><p><a href="https://wentholtexpertise.com/indonesian-art-archive/2019/08/30/001181-sumatra-batak-pakpak-dairi-ancestor-figure/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://wentholtexpertise.com/indonesian-art-archive/2019/08/30/001181-sumatra-batak-pakpak-dairi-ancestor-figure/" rel="nofollow">https://wentholtexpertise.com/indonesian-art-archive/2019/08/30/001181-sumatra-batak-pakpak-dairi-ancestor-figure/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And the same form of the headdress can be seen on this Batak figure, cast in brass/bronze - </p><p>[ATTACH=full]533727[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://www.artoftheancestors.com/batak" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.artoftheancestors.com/batak" rel="nofollow">https://www.artoftheancestors.com/batak</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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